What People Are Saying
Jobs and Opportunity Zones Program
At Walmart, we are committed to creating opportunity beyond the four walls of our stores and clubs. The Jobs and Opportunity Zones program is about making unique contributions to the local community. We will open stores in neighborhoods with high crime or unemployment, on sites that are environmentally contaminated, or in vacant buildings in need of revitalization.
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"They're really selfless…They really stress communication with the locals to be a good neighbor," Ald. Pete Colarelli (1st), director of community development at Lockport Township High School, referring to the new Lockport Walmart store, which donated the high school's front sign. Walmart employees also joined the high school foundation.
Herald News
7/11/2007
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"I'm sure all residents here would welcome the discounts at a closer Walmart store," Shelby Waller of Murrells Inlet, a resident of the 650-home Jensen's Residential Community for four years. "Some [area residents] are elderly and have problems with driving long distances to reach the closest Walmart."
Myrtle Beach Sun-News
6/28/2007
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"Based on a 30-year track history, there are certain businesses that understand they can be successful in a location next to Walmart," Feinberg said. "One-hundred and forty million people shop at Walmart each month. More people shop at Walmart each month than go to malls. Since retailing is a numbers game, the more people you have in a geographic location, the more likely they'll notice you, recognize you and shop."
Richard Feinberg, a consumer psychologist, Purdue University professor and former director of the Purdue Retail Institute
6/11/2007
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"We tried hard to find someone in Weyburn who didn't like Walmart… Then we got into it and realized there are a lot of towns like that. For a lot of small towns, getting a Walmart is a really, really good thing,"
Leif Storm Kaldor, Regina Leader-Post
5/25/2007
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"This morning at 8 o'clock, the re-direction of sales tax begins…No longer will people from San Jacinto have to go to Hemet to shop. It's all beneficial to the community."
Mayor Jim Ayres at the Walmart store opening for San Jacinto, The Press-Enterprise
5/9/2007
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